James O'Shaughnessy, Baron O'Shaughnessy
James Richard O'Shaughnessy, Baron O'Shaughnessy (born 26 March 1976), is a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords.
The Lord O'Shaughnessy | |
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | |
| In office 21 December 2016 – 31 December 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | The Baron Prior of Brampton |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford |
| Lord-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
| In office 21 December 2016 – 11 June 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 22 October 2015 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 March 1976 |
| Political party | Conservative |
Life
Of Irish extraction and educated in Berkshire at Claires Court School then Wellington College, O'Shaughnessy went up to St Hugh's College, Oxford to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics, graduating in 1998 as MA.
A former Downing Street aide, he was Director of Policy to Prime Minister David Cameron from May 2010 to October 2011.[1]
Created a life peer on 1 October 2015, he took the title Baron O'Shaughnessy, of Maidenhead in the Royal County of Berkshire,[2] before being appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care and as a Lord-in-Waiting (i.e. Government Whip in the House of Lords) on 21 December 2016.[3] He resigned on 31 December 2018 due to "family circumstances."[4]
References
- "Cameron aide broke rules by joining lobbying firm". The Independent. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- "notice 2410213". The London Gazette.
- "Ministerial appointments: 21 December 2016". 10 Downing Street. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- Alex Morales (3 April 2019). "Theresa May's Ministerial Resignations Pile Up at Rate of 1.5 a Month". Bloomberg.